Improvement in egg-carriers



F. M. WADE.l

Egg-Carriers.

Patented Dec. 2,1873.

No. 145,137.l

UNITED STATES PATENT DEEICEc FRANK M. WADE, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN EGG-CARRIERS.

Specification formiii g part of Letters Patent No. 145.1 37, dated December 2, 1873; application filed October 4. 1873.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, lFRANK M. WADE, of San Francisco city and county, State of California, have invented an Improved Egg-Carrier; and I do hereby declare the following description and accompanying drawings are sufficient to enable any person skilled in the art or science to which it most nearly appertains to make and use my said invention or improvement without further invention or experiment.

pasteboard or veneer pockets, fortified at the points of connection by a return and duplication of the material from the corner of one pocket to the departure of the partition of another.

Referring to the accompanying drawing for a more complete explanation of my invention, Figure l is a perspective view of my partition, nearly closed up. Fig. 2 shows them in posi tion. Fig. 3 shows the manner of uniting the strips. Fig. 4 is a view of a series of broad strips of pasteboard, united and ready for cutting.

A B C are strips of pasteboard, or thin veneers of wood if preferred. These strips are, when finished, of the proper width to form compartments of a depth suflicient to contain each one egg, and are made in the following manner: The iirst strip, A, is cut of a length sufficient to form two sides of the first compartment at one corner, and also to lap a short distance upon the next strip, to which it will be secured. The next strip is made long enough to form the sides of each of two more compartments, at the' same time completing the one the strip A began. The strip C will, in a like manner, form the two sides of three more compartments, which will, in like manner, be completed by the strip D.

Any number of strips may be employed, each increasing in length, as described, until the number of spaces or compartments bounded by the longest strips will be equal to those contained in one side of the square which is formed when the partitions are fitted to the containing-box.

The length of the strips increases from eich of the strips A, at opposite corners, until the middle is reached, or the strip which extends diagonally from the other two corners of the box, this strip being the longest. The strips, being cut, are then scarfed or bent at an angle at suitable points, so that, after being united, they can be separated, as at Fig. 2, and form the compartments. In order to imite the strips I lay them, one upon another, in the order as described, with strips interposed, so as to leave the narrow space c, which is to be united. Glue or other adhesive substance may then be employed t'o faste-n the strips, which can afterward be opened out, the scarfing or binding facilitating the process.

In practice, I prefer to use large-sized sheets of pasteboard, which, after being bent or scarfed and united, can be split or cut into widths sufficient to form the depths of compartment necessary.

By my construction I ain enabled to make my compartments very rigid, as they are united al1 the way from top to bottom, and will not be inclined to bend or break, as when partitions are cut half-way through. They can be easily shut up, so as to be Hat for transportation, when empty, without danger of breakage or separation, and by my method of foriniiig and uniting 'the strips I econoinize the material used, while they are much cheaper of construction.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The system of egg-pockets herein described, consisting inconnecting and fortifying the pockets at the points of connection by a return and duplication of the material from the corner of one pocket to the departure of the partition of another, as set forth.

In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand and seal.

FRANK M..wADE.

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